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Summer Timely Topics
The Summer Kit arrives in libraries April 1-6 and will be in your library until June 8-10.
V13096 Seasons Under the Sun: Summer
PI 15 min 2000
See why the Summer sun blazes so hard, and how nature works overtime during the Summer to turn abundant energy into provisions for leaner seasons. |
V10938 Summer
PI 15 min 1999
Children aren’t the only active creatures during the Summer. Insects lay eggs, tadpoles become frogs, and birds, moths, butterflies, and mammals lead busy lives as well. |
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V13414 No Dogs Allowed!
P 14 min 2004
Everything is a production for Iris’ extended Puerto Rican family and several of their neighbors. Everyone brings as much as he or she can carry, from a deli counter to a copy of War and Peace. When they finally arrive, Iris discovers that her dog, El Exigente, is not allowed in the Park.
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V5399 Through the Seasons With Birds: Summer
PI 14 min 1994
Shows a wide variety of birds enjoying Summer, including hummingbirds, baby hawks, and mourning doves. See how birds keep cool and their many kinds of nests.
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V5710 Terrarium
PI 12 min 1995
Learn how to make many different types of terrariums and how to take care of them.
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D2891 The Boy Who was Raised by Librarians
P 12 min 2008
Every day after school Melvin goes to the library where everything has its place. His favorite people - Marge, Betty, and Leola - are always in their places behind the reference desk. When something interests Melvin his librarian friends always help him find lots of books on the subject. Also available as V16906 |
V14504 Beverly Billingsley Borrows a Book
PI 9 min 2003
Young Beverly can’t wait to get a library card, and selects an epic about dinosaurs. She loves the book so much that she forgets to return the book on time; but instead of a scolding, a fine, or other drastic penalties, the librarian simply directs her to a fellow dinosaur-lover and a friendship is born. |
D2597 I Could do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
PI, 16 min 2005
This is the true story of Esther Morris, who started out in life believing she could do anything and then proved it by building her own business, raising a family in the Wild West, working to get women the vote for the first time, AND becoming the first female judge and the first woman in the United States to hold a political office! Also available as V16776. |
V5101 Bicycle Safety
P 10 min 1994
Viewers learn about protective gear, maintaining equipment, behavior and rules of the road for bicycles, and other wheeled vehicles.
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The Summer Timely Topics Kit #307 will be in your library until
June 8-10. |
If you cannot find what you are looking for in the Timely Topics Kit, listed below are some additional resources that are available from the Media Library (order here) :
V12021 Cranberry Summer
P, 11 min, 1989
Keeping a lost donkey in Cranberryport is expensive. An unforgettable Fourth of July fund-raiser is held.
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V17091 The Gardener
P, 12 min, 1998
Late in the summer of 1935, Lydia Grace's parents are out of work, and to help make ends meet they send Lydia Grace to live with Uncle Jim, a baker in the city, "until things get better." Told entirely through Lydia Grace's letters, the story radiates her utterly sunny personality. |
V3022, S2277, B171 Runaway Ralph
PI, 40 min, 1988
The further adventures of Beverly Cleary’s beloved Ralph S. Mouse finds him running away from his hotel home to avoid sharing his motorcycle. Ralph roars off to a Summer camp where he befriends a boy named Garfield. |
D960/V8939 Bridge to Terabithia
IJ, 60 min
Jess Aarons is probably the loneliest boy in the fifth grade until he meets Leslie Burke— the girl who moves onto the neighboring farm. Leslie dresses funny and is the only kid in class without a television, but she has imagination. Together the two of them create their own magic kingdom in the woods where they reign as king and queen. |
V18602 The Old Mill
PI, 9 min 1939
This Disney animated classic features a dilapidated windmill and its inhabitants-- birds, bats, frogs, mice, and other animals - as they weather a summer storm.
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V14543 Weslandia
I, 9 min 2001
Based on the ALA Notable fantasy picture book by Paul Fleischman and narrated by Kelsey Grammer. During summer vacation, Young Wesley decides to plant a garden. He soon finds that he has instead created his own civilization - the garden's plants bear strange fruit, providing food, clothing, shelter, and even recreation. |
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The Timely Topics kits are sent out 8 times a year, and are placed in your school library-media center for approximately six weeks.
Please see your Library-Media Specialist to order these titles for your classroom.
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